my long-awaited Gap post

Perhaps I exaggerate. (My family would spit at this - I ALWAYS exaggerate.) Maybe you haven't been on the edge of your chair waiting for me to write about the Gap.
I have been tempted by the spring things from J Crew, it's true, but I walked through the Gap last Friday and saw lots of things I liked, priced between Old Navy and J Crew, and tried some things on and bought some of them....



Not this, though, Gap people. What are they thinking, those Gap people? I cannot imagine anyone looking good in this expensive little vest. (That's a charming sentence, isn't it?)

This little dress, however?



This little dress caught my eye and I bought it, in black and grey. $58.00 and I reckon it will look pretty good with black leggings and my new grey shoes. I even wore it over a turtleneck and liked it...PLUS...it seems to be a knock-off of this dress:



Terrific, huh?
And, speaking of knock-offs, doesn't that site look like Anthro?

And, can ANYONE possibly look like this?



And wear these? NO, I say. NO.

I tried this bra on, at the Gap.



Horrible. Really - a product of modern science with its bizarre adhesive-like cups and strange straps. I'm extra annoyed as the model in the photo obviously doesn't NEED to wear a bra.
I'm still not ready to write an underwear post - it's a mine-field, the underwear post, and I don't know who reads this anymore.

This blouse



is poorly cut and oddly sized in real life. It's transparent as well. You know how I feel about that. (Imagine a buzzer sound, as when you get the wrong answer on a game show.) Nice color, though. In fact, it's a nice color that I cannot possibly name. Griege, my mother would say. Pewter?

I would, if I were you, and I had money for such things, rush right over to the Gap and get one of these (at the high end)



deliciously soft, buttery bags. They are not cheap ($200) but not horribly expensive either (you've read about $1500 bags, yes?) and the leather is really amazingly beautiful. I am wondering if the color is practical. I don't know - YOU buy one and report back about how it wears.

On the other end of the price spectrum ($20) is this:



which is available in a multitude of colors and patterns. Much more my speed, it includes that little purse to put your rail ticket in. Sadly, I'm looking for a cross-body bag in canvas. Let me know if you see one you think I should look at. Velcro closures are not acceptable, okay?

I bought the dresses, I got a belt for me and one for Middle and was enthralled by the cashier, who called me Chickie. She had a purring accent and talked me into a Gap card which I will probably tear up next month. I got a nice discount on my purchases and went home and ordered some other things I hadn't had time to try on in the store and saved more money (some capris and leggings and a couple of hoodies for Youngest).

I'll still need a couple of skirts and, maybe, some tops - but I've made a dent in the spring wardrobe.
Meanwhile, there's eight inches of snow outside.